<p>Yesterday the Delhi High Court, issued a notice to the Central government asking how was it that minors, those under the age of 18 under Indian law, could open accounts on social networking sites like Facebook, and have email accounts on Gmail.</p><p>The court was acting based on a petition filed by former BJP leader, KN Govindacharya, who had filed a plea seeking an order for recovery of taxes from the websites on their income from operations in India.</p><p>The court has made both Facebook Inc and Google Inc as respondents and notices have been issued them as well. The order to the Central government was passed after Govindacharya's counsel Veerag Gupta argued that children below 18 are getting into an agreement with the social networking sites. This is against the Indian Majority Act, the Indian Contract Act and also the Information and Technology Act. So what exactly are the issues being raised in the petition?</p><p>According to the petition, the government needs to ensure safety of the data of 50 million Indian users, which was transferred "to the US and is being used for commercial gains in violation of the right to privacy."</p><p><a href="http://www.firstpost.com/india/illegal-for-minors-to-open-facebook-gmail-accounts-petition-to-delhi-hc-731295.html">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://nvonews.com/2013/04/26/facebook-gmail-accounts-for-minors-sangh-leader-wants-high-court-to-ban-it/">Facebook, Gmail accounts for minors: Sangh leader wants High Court to ban it</a> (Northern Voices Online)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dvFdz4pOHiQvVuMFlSnBHrU9Fk_XM&ned=us">19 additional articles.</a></p>